Arrests 3/13 at 1:04 a.m. Amber Welch, 26, of Biddeford, was arrested on I-295 by Officer Kevin Sager on a charge of operating under the influence. 3/13 at 1:42 a.m. Jean McIntyre, 30, was arrested on Broadway by Officer Seth Page on a charge of operating under the influence. 3/13 at 8:12 a.m. Jessica Flanagan, […]
March 2010
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Inside Bridgton-3/26
Happy trails I’m off to Texas for a week, where I’ll be attending “SXSW,” the South By Southwest Music and Media Conference, in Austin. I’ll also spend a few days dodging rattlesnakes on a 27,000-acre game ranch south of San Antonio, and spending a night at Fort Defiance, site of the Goliad Massacre on March […]
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Windham’s Rice sentenced for rent-refund tax fraud
WINDHAM–A Windham man was sentenced last week to nine months and one day in jail on multiple counts of tax fraud after he filed for tax refunds under the names of co-workers. According to the Maine Attorney General’s Office, Michael Rice, 40, of 25 Maplewood Ave., was convicted on charges of aggravated forgery, theft by […]
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Windham’s Rice sentenced for rent-refund tax fraud
WINDHAM–A Windham man was sentenced last week to nine months and one day in jail on multiple counts of tax fraud after he filed for tax refunds under the names of co-workers. According to the Maine Attorney General’s Office, Michael Rice, 40, of 25 Maplewood Ave., was convicted on charges of aggravated forgery, theft by […]
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Scarborough Police Beat: March 25
Arrests 3/15 at 1:37 p.m. Lisa Hews, 43, of Saco, was arrested by Officer Melissa Savage on a warrant arrest for another agency. 3/16 at 1:57 a.m. Thomas Manderson, 43, of Holmes Road, was arrested by Sgt. Thomas Chard on a charge of violating a protection order. 3/18 at 4:14 a.m. Sara Brown, 26, of […]
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A growing trend – New Gloucester company offers grown-your-own tobacco seeds
NEW GLOUCESTER–With cigarette prices reaching $7 per pack, and state legislatures around the country threatening further cigarette taxes, it’s no wonder Pinetree Garden Seeds of New Gloucester is seeing smoking-hot tobacco seed sales. The seed distributor, located on Route 100, last fall started offering heirloom tobacco seed varieties such as Connecticut Shade Leaf, Orinoco and […]
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A growing trend – New Gloucester company offers grown-your-own tobacco seeds
NEW GLOUCESTER–With cigarette prices reaching $7 per pack, and state legislatures around the country threatening further cigarette taxes, it’s no wonder Pinetree Garden Seeds of New Gloucester is seeing smoking-hot tobacco seed sales. The seed distributor, located on Route 100, last fall started offering heirloom tobacco seed varieties such as Connecticut Shade Leaf, Orinoco and […]
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Berwick teenager chargedin NH double fatal
Latoya Fletcher, 17, is charged with felony manslaughter and negligent homicide.
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Some teaching jobs restored in Scarborough after state subsidy increase
SCARBOROUGH — The School Board on March 18 approved a revised budget that restores more than $460,000 to the superintendent’s proposed budget. The budget includes funds for several positions originally scheduled to be cut and asks for a 3.87 percent increase in taxes. The state recently increased the subsidy the school will receive by nearly […]
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Cape Elizabeth Police Beat: March 25
Arrests There were no arrests during the period reported. Summonses 3/16 at 6:17 p.m. Sheanna White, 26, of Biddeford, was summonsed on Ocean House Road by Officer Rory Diffin on a charge of operating with a suspended license. 3/17 at 9:00 a.m. Paul Morin, 65, of South Portland, was summonsed by Officer Jeffrey Gaudette on […]